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a. For each sentence, write down: the form of the Infinitive and its structure. Translate the sentences.
Grammar: Types of the Infinitive
How many types of the Gerund do you know? How many types of the Infinitive do you think exist?
Look at the next exercise and try to figure out the form of the Infinitive, its structure and the translation of the sentences.
a. For each sentence, write down: the form of the Infinitive and its structure. Translate the sentences.
| Form | Structure | |
| 1. I want to go to the movies. | Simple Active | to+V |
| 2. Let me go to the movies. | ||
| 3. I would like to have seen the Taj Mahal when I was in India. | ||
| 4. I'd really like to be swimming in a nice cool pool right now. | ||
| 5. You must be joking! | ||
| 6. I am expecting to be given a pay-rise next month. | ||
| 7. He pretended to have been robbed. |
Look at these types of the Infinitive.
| Simple | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect Continuous | |
| Active | to show an action in the same general time frame as the action in the main verb. | to show an action in progress or happening over a period of time | to show an action before the action of the main verb | to show an action before the action of the main verb and expresses an action in progress or happening over a period of time |
| Structure: (to) V It’s nice to kissin the morning. | Structure: (to) be Ving It’s nice to be kissing you now. | Structure: (to) have V3 It’s nice to have kissed you! | Structure: (to) have been Ving The woman seemed to have been crying. | |
| Passive | Structure: (to) be V3 There are a lot of people to be kissed. | Possible but unusual | Structure: (to) have been V3 Alex was lucky to have been kissed. | ------ |
Put the verb into the correct form.
1. I am glad _____________________ (see) you.
2. I'm glad _____________________ (sit) here with my family right now.
3. I happened _____________________ (wait) for the bus when the accident happened.
4. I'm glad _____________________ (study) at that school when I was 14.
5. I'm glad _____________________ (live) in Barcelona for the last ten years.
6. Your composition has _____________________ (type).
7. He pretended _____________________ (paint) all day.
Big homework for the 25-th of September
1. Types of the Infinitive, their structure.
2. Underline the correct alternatives.
We all know how important make / making / to make a good first impression is. We've heard the statistics: when you meet someone for the first time, only seven percent of their impression is based on what you say, thirty-eight percent on how you say it, and a massive fifty-five percent on your appearance and manner. So, it's vital not underestimate / underestimating / to underestimate the importance of choosing your clothes carefully when you go to that key meeting or job interview. This is your opportunity impress / impressing / to impress. On walk / walking /to walk into the room, most people are likely to have form / to have forming / to have formed an opinion of your character based on your appearance in less than three seconds. It's difficult say / saying / to say why people insist on judge / judging / to judge by appearances, even when we know that it's so unreliable do / doing / to do this.
3. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form of the gerund or the infinitive.
1. I hate __________________________ (tell) what to do. I prefer to make my own decisions.
2. I was really stupid ____________________ (follow) my mother's advice. She was totally wrong.
3. If I had a serious illness, I would choose _______________ (tell) the truth.
4. It's no use ______________________ (run). The train has left.
5. Mark seems ______________ (work) too hard at the moment. He looks very tired.
6. By the time I’m 55, I expect ________________________ (save) enough to be able to just work part-time.
7. The man denied ______________________________ (commit) the crime.
8. There will be plenty of time to have something _____________________ (eat) at the airport.
9. It's no good __________ (phone) him because he didn't take his mobile with him.
10. Who was the second man __________________________ (walk) on the moon?
11. There wasn't enough room for us __________________________ (sit down).
| Answers: 1. I want to go to the movies Form: Simple Active; Structure: to+V 2. Let me go to the movies. Form: Simple Active; Structure: let+object pronoun+V (bare infinitive after let) 3. I would like to have seen the Taj Mahal when I was in India. Form: Perfect Active; Structure: to+have+ V3 4. I'd really like to be swimming in a nice cool pool right now. Form: Continuous Active; Structure: to+be+ Ving 5. You must be joking! Form: Continuous Active; Structure: modal verb+be+ Ving (bare infinitive after a modal verb) 6. I am expecting to be given a pay-rise next month. Form: Simple Passive; Structure: to+ be+V3 7. He pretended to have been robbed. Form: Perfect Passive; Structure: to+ have+been+V3 |
| Answers: 1. I was glad to see you. 2. I'm glad to be sitting here with my family right now. 3. I happened to be waiting for the bus when the accident happened. 4. I'm glad to have studied at that school when I was 14. 5. I'm glad to have been living in Barcelona for the last ten years. 6. Your composition has to be typed. 7. He pretended to have been painting all day. |
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